Nutrients

By Lachie Wilde

Carbohydrates

• Food sources: Pasta, waffles and bananas.• Body source of energy.

Fibre

• Food sources: Corn, Dry herbs, Cocoa and Sesame seeds.

• Helps the body transfer, Fibre prevents constipation.

Protein

• Food sources: Meat, Fish and Nuts.• Protein helps you grow.

Saturated Fats

• Food sources: Coconut, Dark chocolate, and butter.

• Saturated fats gives you bad cholesterol.

Calcium

• Food sources: Milk, Cheese and Yoghurt.• Calcium helps your teeth and bones.

Iron

• Food sources: Weet-bix, nutri-grain and liver.• Helps your body transfer oxygen to the lungs.

Fluoride

• Food sources: Water, Pickles and Grape Juice.• Helps your teeth.

Sodium

• Food sources: Baking soda, Salt, Soy sauce and Yeast.

• Sodium is a natural attractor of water molecules.

Vitamin A

• Food sources: Carrots, Sweet Potato and Pumpkins.

• Helps your eyes.

Vitamin C

• Food sources: Hot Chilli Peppers, Guava and Bell Peppers.

• It helps disease scurvy.

Vitamin D

• Food sources: Cod Liver Oil, Corn Flakes, Fish and Black Caviar.

• Sunshine vitamin.

Water

• Food sources: Everything.• Keeps you hydrated.

Monounsaturated Fats • Food sources: Canola oil, avocado and chicken

fat.• Good for your nutrition.

B9 (Folate)

• Food sources: Milk, Cheese and yoghurt.• It is a water-soluble.

Vitamin B12

• Food sources: Fish, Meat and eggs.• Good for your protein.